Best On The Fly Poems
Below are the all-time best On The Fly poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of on the fly poems written by PoetrySoup members
Indian InkINDIAN INK
Indian Accent, form the whispers inside
Chanting from long ago
Echoes come and go
Losing time in a soft eternal glow
A beautiful and delicate autumn mountain scene
Dry...
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Categories:
on the fly, abuse, autumn, death, deep,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Daughter of the North Wind Sings In Soprano
In riming realms
of crystal contemplations -
frozen water-vapor meditations
and chilled flutes
filled with zodiacal-light musings
of ancient cosmic dust
dancing in the arms of Sol..
windswept...
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Categories:
on the fly, passion, snow, winter, woman,
Form:
Imagism
The Ballad of the Poet*The Dead Poet*
Many blocks along the road,
Kicking down walls of heavy stones,
Yet no one could draw through the walls of her lonely bones.
A...
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Categories:
on the fly, beauty, death, deep, emo,
Form:
Ballad
Sailing the Seas In a Pecan TreeThe wind billows out from the seat of his britches
With determined blue eyes, skinned knuckles and knees
he climbs up the rails nailed from old cedar...
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Categories:
on the fly, adventure, old,
Form:
Rhyme
With Open ArmsCome to me my child
Rest your head in my lap
My hand strokes your wild curls
Feeling the dampness on your neck
Lamplight caresses your flushed cheeks
Shadows waltzing...
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Categories:
on the fly, appreciation, emotions, fantasy, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
A Poetry CollectionHourglass
Sand falls
Through the glass
Love falls
Within the past
Memories dance
They never last
Head in my hands
As I stare overhead
At the hourglass
Falling Down Stairs
Stairs broken
Wheels unspoken
I fell
Grasping for air
Are...
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Categories:
on the fly, art, guitar, humanity, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Waterfall Wishes On Stars With No SwingsWaterfall wishes on stars with no swings
I’m sending to you on butterfly wings.
Pennies are wasted on a wishing well.
Pennies instead for sweet thoughts that you...
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Categories:
on the fly, dream, love,
Form:
Quatern
She Touched the WaterShe Touched The Water
My muse
touched the waters
of a spring fed river
She had a special gift to deliver
Releasing the inspiration
from deep within her
She said “...
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Categories:
on the fly, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Miss Amelia Havisham's Garden Shed
between the plant pots and the trays
the cobwebs had seen better days
and for all the wood and damp and soil
the smell was one of paint...
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Categories:
on the fly, death, garden, literature,
Form:
Rhyme
Flight To MidnightO albatross guide my loosed soul
from the shipwreck seized by sandy shoal
persuasive Polar Star in quiet pull
a sailor’s tired eyes gone dark
I...
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Categories:
on the fly, angel, beauty, death, forgiveness,
Form:
Verse
Oh, AutumnOh, splendorous, spectacular, resplendent autumn!
Boldly you dye cypress ~ flaunting ochre, cinnamon,
Yellowing sugar-maple, glazing tangerine emotions,
As scarlet winds warble in accents of majestic aspens,
Responding in...
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Categories:
on the fly, autumn,
Form:
Free verse
How Do I Hold the WindOn the edge of silence
beyond the mossy-muffled stone wall
a wind chime chants — faint, like falling sparkles of stars—
honeyed musings of a wind spirit...
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Categories:
on the fly, grief, longing, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
The Park BenchThe Park Bench
I wish I was a poet
With magical words
To make people see all of the absurd
Tears fly, paintings in pastel die
When we look into...
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Categories:
on the fly, art, beauty, inspirational, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
How Do I Love Thee - Let Me Count the Ways1.
and every time i see you it is for the first time
still my heart skips a beat
and every time we kiss it is our first
and...
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Categories:
on the fly, love,
Form:
List
As Father Is To His DaughterPassing through framed windows like ours,
I recall your tales of reckless war and lost friends
that burned your innocence at 21... and though
you claimed flashes of...
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Categories:
on the fly, father, introspection, words,
Form:
Free verse